Chapter 132: An Affair with an Old Man Outside the Town
Chapter 132 Meeting an old friend outside the town, collecting snow spirits in the mountains
If you know "Eye Technique" and follow Jiang Xuan's line of sight, you will see twenty-three evil spirits exuding strong evil energy, and even the evil energy on their bodies has turned into a wolf shape, heading in this direction.
If you look more carefully, you will find that the center of these evil spirits is a spiritual light belonging to the human race.
"coming?"
Yang Shoutian cast a spiritual thought in the direction where Jiang Xuan was looking, and then frowned:
"How come the baby is among the evil spirits?"
At the same time as Yang Shoutian finished speaking, those evil spirits had already rushed to the border of the mass grave.
In the dark woods under the moonlight, pairs of scarlet eyes also appeared.
"Ouch~"
As a howl like a wolf or a dog came from the forest, the evil spirits with scarlet eyes also walked out of the mass grave amidst the sparse sounds.
"Earth-weary?"
Earthly dissatisfaction refers to wild dogs that dig up graves and eat corpses and then turn into evil spirits.
Xia people have always paid attention to matters after death, but in troubled times, people are worse than dogs. After dying in a foreign country, it is a blessing to be wrapped in a mat and buried.
In this case, no matter how deep it is buried, those extremely hungry wild dogs will dig through the soil and eat as long as they smell a trace of scent.
According to folklore, these wild dogs were disgusted by the Earth Mother after digging in the soil, so they turned into evil spirits. Therefore, they are called Diyan, which means that the earth hates them.
After glancing at the yellow earthworm at the head, Jiang Xuan immediately turned his attention to the baby on the earthworm's back.
"Hey, why is she a little girl?"
"Fifth Senior Uncle, do you want to accept a girl?"
Looking at the little girl who was restrained by the evil spirit to prevent her from falling, Yang Shoutian nodded, "Stop it."
As soon as Yang Shoutian finished speaking, a trace of human gratitude flashed in the scarlet eyes of the leader of the Earthly Hate.
It was seen barking low at the earthworms who were leaning over to attack, and then walked up to Yang Shoutian alone, put down the baby that had been carried on its back, and then took a few steps back.
"Fifth Senior Uncle, the red string around this Diyan's neck seems to be made of the same material as the swaddling clothes on the little girl."
"He didn't become evil just to protect his master, right?"
"It's possible that dogs understand human nature."
While answering Jiang Xuan's question, Yang Shoutian picked up the little girl on the ground.
Looking at the fat little girl in the package, Yang Shoutian nodded again:
"And the possibility is very high."
"If I'm not mistaken, this little girl has been relying on eating spiritual fruits to survive."
"Where can such a young child find spiritual fruits? These earth haters can only find them for her."
After he finished speaking, Yang Shoutian glanced at the Diyan leader, then looked around at the Diyans who were baring their teeth at him, and finally set his sights on the Diyan leader:
"If I let the poor Tao know that you are digging up the earth and eating it, I will make you fly into ashes and be annihilated."
"As for this little one, Pindao took her away. When she grows up, she will be taught how to practice Taoism. Whether she can become a Taoist or not depends on her own destiny."
When the big yellow dog-like Diyan heard this, he bent his limbs and knelt down in front of Yang Shoutian. He kowtowed to Yang Shoutian three more times before leading a group of Diyan back to the mass grave.
Before entering the deep forest, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be moved by the way it looked back at the infant.
However, after being moved, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but look at Yang Shoutian when he saw that those earthly irritants were no longer within the range of his spiritual perception:
"Fifth uncle, are you going to let them go like this?"
Yang Shoutian, who was playing with the baby, looked at Jiang Xuan in surprise when he heard this, "Did you not let me do it?"
Jiang Xuan was speechless. After a while, he heard Yang Shoutian speak again:
"Those groundworms have been plowed for food, but only when they were wild dogs."
"After becoming evil spirits, they not only stopped eating, but also fed on evil ghosts. They never harmed anyone, and even helped passers-by who were attacked by ghosts. So if you can give them a free pass, let them go.
"
"In today's world, everything in the world is not easy."
"Besides, it's not like I didn't leave some tricks on them."
"If they dare to continue digging in the soil or harming innocent people, they will naturally not be left alive."
"Wow~~"
As soon as Yang Shoutian finished speaking, the doll he was teasing suddenly started crying.
Then he looked at Jiang Xuan with an innocent face:
"What should I do if I cry? It seems like I peed my pants."
Jiang Xuan spread his hands:
"How do I know? I've never raised a child."
"How about, uncle, you take her to Yujiang Town to find a woman to change her pants?"
"As for the future, why don't you find someone to take care of her after you return to the mountain? When she grows up, you will accept her as your disciple?"
Yang Shoutian nodded when he heard this, "That makes sense, let's go to the county town first."
After saying that, he waved and took Jiang Xuan to Yujiang Town.
When I open the door in the morning, the mountains are covered with snow, the snow is clear, the clouds are pale, and the sun is cold.
Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but exhale a breath of mist when he opened the Taoist temple wing and looked at the snow falling all over the sky.
"It's already November 23rd, and it's the light snow season. It's really time to snow."
After exhaling all the cold air, Jiang Xuan frowned and looked at the sky covered with goose feathers and heavy snow:
"But looking at the stars, this snow shouldn't fall today, let alone for so long and so heavily."
"Master, are you up?"
Just when Jiang Xuan was looking at the stars and pinching his fingers, Li Zhenzhen, who was passing by the wing, walked up to him:
"Where is Master Yang? Why didn't you see him?"
"My uncle has returned to the mountain. You were busy sending those children home, so it's normal that you didn't notice."
Li Zhenzhen nodded when he heard this, and then said:
"Master, do you want to eat?"
"If you want, disciple, do it now."
Looking at the little boy being held by Li Zhenzhen, Jiang Xuan shook his head:
"Forget it, you'd better send these little guys home first."
"As for me, it's time to head north to Beijing again."
When Li Zhenzhen heard this, there was a hint of helplessness on his face:
"I'm afraid I won't be able to send this child back."
"After sending him home in the morning, the disciple found out that his parents died years ago and he is now living in his uncle's house."
"It's just that the conditions of his uncle's family are not good, and now he meets Zao Xue. Forcing him to stay may harm him."
"The disciple thought about it and realized that this Taoist temple would be quite deserted if there was only one disciple, so I plan to accept him as a Taoist boy."
"When the day comes when this disciple reaches the Taoist realm and this boy can also enter the Tao, we will put him under the door."
"It's not easy to enter the Tao."
Patting Li Zhenzhen on the shoulder, Jiang Xuan thought for a while and then took out a bag of Lingmai seeds:
"I got the spiritual wheat seeds by chance. After planting them, I can get spiritual wheat. However, I usually need to use the "Spring Breeze and Rain Technique" or other techniques to nourish it, otherwise the harvest will not be high."
"When you have time, open a few acres of land behind the Taoist temple, plant it, and then record the growth pattern of Lingmai."
After saying this, Jiang Xuan called to the little fox and little tiger who were building a snowman:
"Let's go, it's time to hit the road."
After hearing this, the two little ones dropped the half-stacked snowman, stepped on the soft snow, and ran to Jiang Xuan and began to circle around him.
Reaching out to pick up the two troublesome little guys, Jiang Xuan tapped the Green Dragon Ring on his hand again, summoned Fang Ritu and placed it on the little donkey's head.
The next moment, the little donkey, who was shivering in the livestock shed because of the cold, narrowed his eyes and looked comfortable.
With the help of Fangri Rabbit Body Warming Treasure, Little Donkey feels that he is doing well again.
He led the little donkey to the outside of the Taoist temple, looked back at Li Zhenzhen who was leaving the temple to see him off, and then Jiang Xuan waved his hand, "Don't send me off."
"Although the evil cultivator is dead, there are a lot of things going on in the town."
"Now that the snow has suddenly fallen, it is estimated that many people in the town are not prepared. If they are not prepared properly, many people will freeze to death this winter."
"If you have time for me, why don't you do something for the people, even if it's reciting the Sutra of Savior to prevent the breeding of evil spirits."
After listening to what Jiang Xuan said, Li Zhenzhen bowed respectfully to Jiang Xuan at the door of the Taoist temple:
"Disciple obeys the order. I respectfully send you off to my master."
After waving to Li Zhenzhen again, Jiang Xuan drove the donkey cart out of Yujiang Town under the wind and snow.
Not long after leaving the town, the little tiger flying in the air gathering snowflakes suddenly lowered his body and came to Jiang Xuan holding a snowball:
"Master, aren't we going north? How do you go south?"
"Didn't you realize there's something wrong with the snow?"
Hearing this, the little tiger suddenly thought of something. He flew high in the air and circled around before landing on the donkey cart. "There's really something wrong with the snow."
"I just made a circle in the sky and found that there is snow only in the twenty miles surrounding Yujiang Town."
"Outside this area, it's sunny outside."
"Yes, the snow started to fall at 3:30 last night. It was so heavy when it fell. It was still snowing heavily when we went out this morning."
"Last night I thought it was going to snow during the light snow season, but after doing some calculations this morning I realized something was wrong with the snow."
After hearing this, Little Tiger looked curious, "Master, what's wrong?"
"Is someone doing this? Or is there something evil causing trouble?"
Jiang Xuan shook his head when he heard this, "It doesn't look like that at all."
"I'm not sure what it is, but I'll find out when I get there."
Just as he was about to let him clear the way, a sound of horse hooves suddenly appeared behind Jiang Xuan, and then a clear and melodious call reached Jiang Xuan's ears:
"Hello, little Taoist priest~"
When he looked back, he saw that the little girl in green whom he had seen on the banks of the Qinhuai River was galloping towards him on horseback?
The person who walked beside the little girl but could keep up with her was not the handsome monk named Yu Duxiu.
Seeing the two, Jiang Xuan was not in a hurry to trace the source of the heavy snow. He got off the donkey cart and waited by the roadside.
"Long time no see, Lord Fusheng Boundless Heavenly Master, Layman Liu, and fellow Taoist Jade Master."
Liu Xiuer, still wearing green clothes, landed on the ground and waved her hands:
"Little Taoist, you are wrong. You should call me Miss Xiu, and then call me Mr. Xiu, the little monk."
"When I get married to the young monk, I will find a small village away from the world. I will wash, cook, and have children for him, and he will teach the children in the village and become a teacher."
Looking at the little girl who was smiling happily when talking about the future, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh secretly.
She said it happily, but judging from the young monk's appearance, this future was very difficult to realize.
"Little Taoist priest."
"No, my grandma said you can't put small characters in front of Taoist. It's impolite."
As she spoke, Liu Xiuer walked around on the snow with her hands behind her back:
"Master Jiang, why are you here?"
Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be speechless when he heard Liu Xiu'er's name.
Although the word "master" is also one of the titles for Taoist priests, it easily reminds him of those fat-headed and big-eared monks, as well as a certain master named Ma in his previous life.
So he spread his hands and returned, "Pindao is not very old, so Miss Xiu should just call me little Taoist priest. I won't mind."
"As for coming here."
Having said this, Jiang Xuan paused for a moment, then pointed to the sky where heavy snow fell, "This snow is a bit strange, so Pindao is going to go to the source to have a look."
"Miss Xiu, what are you and the young monk doing here?"
Liu Xiuer smiled and hugged the little monk's arm:
"My grandma said there was an opportunity for me in the hanging river, so she asked me to come here."
"I was afraid that Brother Xiu would be seduced by those foxy girls in the Qinhuai River after I left, so I pestered Zen Master Dawei to make him promise that Brother Xiu would go out with me."
"We were looking for opportunities by the river before. From a distance, we saw that the snow here was a little unusual, so we rushed over to take a look. Unexpectedly, we met you."
Looking at the little monk who closed his eyes and lowered his head and recited "Color is emptiness, emptiness is color", Jiang Xuan chuckled, "Little monk, why don't you dare to open your eyes and look at the pretty girl?"
"Your master drinks flower wine on the flower boat every day, but his Buddha heart is crystal clear and spotless."
"As a Zen master's disciple, don't you even have the courage to look at Miss Xiu?"
The young monk opened his eyes when he heard this, and said helplessly:
"Brother Dao Jiang, can you help Miss Xiu to tease me?"
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he was just about to say a few words of ridicule, but suddenly he raised his head and looked up at the sky.
The snow was already falling like goose feathers, but suddenly it started to fall even harder.
"I originally wanted to chat with you a few more words, but depending on the situation, I won't allow it."
"Pindao needs to deal with this heavy snow first. Otherwise, if the snow continues to fall, the people of Yujiang Town will have no choice but to leave their homes and move from town to town."
After saying this, he looked at Tu Mang:
"Seven miles to the south, there is a road ahead."
"only."
Tu Yan responded, and then opened a three-foot-wide loess road on the snow.
As soon as he drove the donkey cart onto the loess road, Jiang Xuan heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in his ears.
Looking back, didn't Liu Xiuer and the young monk follow her?
"Little Taoist priest, if I am not in a hurry, it should be mine. Let's go with you."
Jiang Xuan smiled when he heard this, "Then I will thank Miss Xiu on behalf of the people of Yujiang Town."
"I have to thank Mr. Xiu."
Liu Xiuer said seriously.
"Okay, okay, when I get back, I will send a message to the Taoist priest in Yuyang Town and ask him to inform the people to build shrines for you two."
Hearing this, Liu Xiuer showed a rare blush, "That's not necessary."
"I had no intention of asking those people to thank me."
After walking seven miles while laughing and chatting, the source of the snowstorm fell into Jiang Xuan's eyes.
"Brother Xiu, look quickly, what is that?"
Liu Xiuer leaned half of her body on the little monk and pointed at the little creature in the snow that looked like a mule but was all white and no bigger than a young wolf dog. Her face was full of joy.
The young monk who was chanting sutras with his eyes closed did not open his eyes and said directly, "It should be Snow Spirit."
"It's just that snow spirits usually live in the snowy areas of high mountains. I don't know how this snow spirit came to Beihe Mansion."
Looking at the snow spirit that stood without a trace of wind and snow within a radius of three feet, Jiang Xuan had a guess:
"This snow spirit must have just swallowed some spiritual material to become a spirit."
As he said that, he pointed to the unknown spiritual plant at Xue Jing's feet that only had its roots left but still had a flickering aura:
"It's a pity that a good spiritual plant was wasted."
Liu Xiuer shook her head when she heard this:
"The little white mule can eat that spiritual plant because of its ability. Even if he doesn't eat it, other creatures and even evil spirits will eat it, so it can't be called a waste."
After saying this, she looked at Jiang Xuan again:
"Little Taoist priest, do you have a slave bag? If you don't have a slave bag, you'll be in trouble."
"It is said that the hair on the snow spirit is condensed from the essence of snow from heaven and earth. Every time one hair falls on the ground, a foot of snow will accumulate. If there is no slave bag, then this snow spirit will be really difficult to deal with."
Jiang Xuan nodded when he heard this, "Although there is no slave beast bag, Pindao happens to have a demon refining pot."
As he spoke, a dark jade-colored demon refining pot appeared in his hand.
Then he thought about it and took out the apricot blossom wine given to him by Qujiu Lang.
Jiang Xuan, who likes to read all kinds of myths and wonders, naturally knows about Snow Spirit.
It is shaped like a white mule. If it loses its hair, it will snow heavily. It likes to eat wine and will see auspicious snow and good years.
These eighteen characters are the most accurate description of Snow Spirit.
Jiang Xuan reached out and patted the top of the jade wine jar, and immediately smelled the rich fragrance of apricot flowers.
The aroma of glutinous rice and wine in Xinghua Township seemed to take him back to the Qujia Winery in Jersey County.
Recalling the scene on the wall of Jersey County, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but laugh:
"Two jars of peerless apricot blossom wine, Pindao really didn't even drink a sip."
He stretched out his hand and put the wine jar in front of the snow spirit who ran to him when he smelled the aroma of the wine. Watching it happily drink up a jar of apricot blossom wine and then fall drunk on the snow, Jiang Xuan smiled again:
"Perhaps we can ask for some more apricot blossom wine from Qu Jiu Lang on the way back."
"This wine is really good."
He reached out and patted the demon refining pot to put away the snow essence. Jiang Xuan then reached out and grabbed it, and three crystal clear hairs fell into the palm of his hand.
It's just that this hair doesn't seem to be popular.
The moment it fell into Jiang Xuan's palm, the hair turned into water vapor and dissipated.
At the same time, the dark clouds in the sky disappeared for no reason, and some pale sunlight fell to the earth along with the last falling snowflake.
Looking at the crystal clear ice flowers on the branches, Jiang Xuan showed a smile on his face.
He also indirectly saved a whole town.
Although those people don't know it, this feeling is not bad.
"Little Taoist priest, now that the snow has stopped, it's time for Brother Xiu and I to go back to Xuanhe to look for opportunities."
Looking at Liu Xiuer holding the little monk's arm and waving to him, Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Do you want Pindao to help?"
"Poverty."
Before Jiang Xuan finished speaking, Liu Xiuer started waving her hands crazily, "No, no, no."
"Brother Xiu and I can find it slowly, no need to trouble you."
Liu Xiuer actually knew where the opportunity was.
But in her eyes, how could the opportunity compare to the time spent with the young monk?